C99400 Brass vs. Grade 21 Titanium
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
140 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
51 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
890 to 1340 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
310 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
1740 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
1690 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
500 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
5.4 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
32 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
490 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
2760 to 5010 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
32 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
46 to 69 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
38 to 50 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
2.5 to 3.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
14 to 16 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
2.2 to 3.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.17 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
0.15 to 0.25 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
76 to 81.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |